Refugees in the United States

The United States has always been a country of immigrants and refugees.

• How many refugees do we have?
• Where are they coming from?

With the amount of data publicly available it is possible to see the current trends in refugee arrivals.

The Data

The Department of Homeland Security publishes a report every 10 years showing how many refugees have arrived from each country per year.

      Country  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016 2017 2018 2019
1 Afghanistan   515   428   481   661   753   910  2737 1311  805 1198
2     Armenia  <NA>    15     8     3    10    49    55   57   58   33
3  Azerbaijan    18    16    10     3    15    18    32   20 <NA> <NA>
4     Belarus   103    66    83    10    46    98   185   73  181   96
5      Bhutan 12363 14999 15070  9134  8434  5775  5817 3550 2228   32
6       Burma 16693 16972 14160 16299 14598 18386 12347 5078 3555 4932

This data can be found at https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook

But who wants to look at tables when you can see colorful plots?

Check the countries you want to see from the list…

The App

…and see the trends for yourself!